Exams

Ministers confirm exams and grading plan for 2023

Grades will return to pre-pandemic standards, but with 'soft landing' protections and exam aids in some subjects

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
GCSE results day 2022

GCSE results 2022: Which subjects saw the biggest fall in grades?

The government has reined in less than a quarter of recent grade inflation in some popular subjects

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

GCSE results 2022: Only 9 per cent drop in top grades

The fall in top GCSE grades takes results only a third of the way back to 2019 levels, when...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exams

GCSE results 2022: 8 key trends in England’s data

What did we learn from data on the first summer exams since 2019?

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Pearson warns 7,000 pupils won’t get BTEC results tomorrow

It comes as exam boards finally admit nearly 2,000 grades still to be issued five days after results day

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Billy Camden
Exams

Major exam reform the ‘last thing schools need’, warns ex-DfE adviser

'Incremental improvement' model would help 'resource-starved' schools, Sam Freedman says

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
A-level results 2022

School leaders form pact not to show off A-level results

Some trust and school chiefs are avoiding 'tempting' PR about A-level and GCSE grades, warning Covid makes comparisons 'ridiculous'

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
A-level results 2022

A-level results 2022: Which subjects saw the biggest drop in top grades?

Top grades in some subjects are far closer to pre-Covid results than others, with the biggest upheaval still to...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Opinion

Exams can’t close the attainment gap. We must address the underlying causes

Qualification reform is needed, but won't be enough on its own to address issues of inclusion, diversity and equality...

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Michelle Meadows and Professor Jo-Anne Baird